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January 2016
Water in development
The anatomy of a campaign: 'If men had periods' by WaterAid
WaterAid’s campaign to raise awareness about the importance of menstrual hygiene playfully imagines a world where men have periods
October 2015
'Girls' education is the global civil rights issue of our time'
Around the world girls are faced with far greater social, health and economic risks than boys - we have to correct that imbalance, argues activist Chernor Bah
June 2015
Child bride freed by Nigerian authorities looks to new beginnings
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21 ways the SDGs can have the best impact on girls
May 2015
Menstrual Hygiene Day: the world celebrates periods
We need to talk about periods: why is menstruation still holding girls back?
Live Q&A: how can the sustainable development goals do more for girls?
Mexico to Paraguay: Let a 10-year-old girl have an abortion
Carla Eckhardt
Let pregnant school girls back into the classroom in Sierra Leone
Scott MacMillan
Abortion in Morocco: will the king approve a progressive law?
Nigeria urged to act as child bride languishes on death row
April 2015
Nepal after the quake: ‘International organisations are doing nothing in Bhaktapur’
A girls’ orphanage is the only organisation providing food in Bhaktapur, a city outside Kathmandu. The director hopes that international aid will arrive soon
Charging ahead on girls' education without grassroots support?
High-level global education project Charge aims to tackle the second generation of girls’ education issues - the support of local groups and leaders will be critical
Meet the global feminists changing the world for girls from Kenya to Egypt
Sustainable development goals: why ending child marriage should be a target
Ommera Zafar
Girls' education: 'Policymakers are hardwired to look for low-hanging fruit'
Xanthe Ackerman
March 2015
Anatomy of a campaign
The anatomy of a campaign: giving child marriage the finger, Plan UK
Plan UK’s campaign to end child marriage is deliberately provocative, which caused problems for running on London underground
Nigeria: Child brides facing death sentences a decade after child marriage prohibited
Ten years after underage marriage was made illegal, 39% of girls are married before age 15, and two remain on death row for killing much older husbands
My ambition is to empower all women to have orgasms
Firliana Purwanti in Jakarta
Indonesia needs to scrap demeaning virginity tests, says campaigner Firliana Purwanti. Sexual liberation is the path to equality
February 2015
How girl activists helped to ban child marriage in Malawi
Malawi has raised the legal marrying age from 15 to 18. A girls’ rights campaigner explains how advocates secured this victory
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